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01-23-2012, 10:03 PM

#11

aorlflood

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Location: currently living in WV

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I hand quilt and have posted many pictures on this site of my quilts. You can also check my blog, the address of which is in my signature line.

01-23-2012, 10:34 PM

#12

Stitching Cow

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Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: Australia

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I love to hand quilt and I am sure you will too once you get the hang of it. I have an article with heaps of tips which you may find useful. Here is the link for you, click here for info on how to hand quilt

01-23-2012, 11:20 PM

#13

Borntohandquilt

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Hi Lorraine!
There are many hand quilters here on this board and I am so happy that this wonderful craft is still alive. I am completely addicted to hand quilting and I do wholecloth quilts. Feel free to visit my homepage, the link is written in my signature.

01-24-2012, 05:45 AM

#14

Kazahleenah

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Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: Northern Lower Michigan

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I'm working on my second hand quilt right now.
It definatly is a diffrent look.

I love hand quilted stuff.

01-24-2012, 05:53 AM

#15

mpspeedy

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Location: rural Maryland

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I have handquilted for more than 40 years. It is totally soothing and can be portable. I also love wholecloth the best as having no seams to traverse makes it a totally enjoyable passtime. I make about 20 Linus quilts a month. Those I machine quilt as they will have to withstand a lot of wear and tear. I will confess that if I make a quilt or quilt related gift for a friend or relative that doesn't appreciate handquilting I machine quilt it or have it longarmed. For about ten years I was a handquilter for hire. The advent of the longarm has for all intents and purposes have put me out of business.

01-24-2012, 06:42 AM

#16

Quiltshaker

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Handquilting is a passion of mine - for 30 years. All of my large quilts are handquilted. Most of my wall hangings, lap quilts, etc. are machine quilted. I'm also in a group of six who get together weekly to handquilt. We take turns quilting our tops, enjoy good food and nurture our friendship. It's like an old fashioned quilting bee and we have been together for probably 20 years. If you can get a group of six together around a quilt frame, I highly recommend it. It's good for the soul.

01-24-2012, 07:24 AM

#17

Val in IN

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Location: IN

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I do both. I love to sit and work on handquilting in the evenings as I watch tv and wind down from the day. I also hand piece, knit, crochet, embroider, needlepoint, and do counted cross stitch. I've always done handwork since I was a child and I don't thnk I'll ever stop. I do machine piece most of the time but I always have a hand piecing project going too.

01-24-2012, 08:11 AM

#18

luvstoquilt

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Location: Yorkville, IL

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KerryK

I love to hand piece and hand quilt. I find it to be both soothing and therapeutic. There's just nothing like having a piece of fabric in one hand, and a threaded needle in the other!

This is true. I love to hand quilt, too.

01-24-2012, 08:38 AM

#19

feline fanatic

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This board has a wonderful search function. It is the white box with a magnifying glass next to it in the brown bar at the top of the page. If you put hand quilted in the search window you will get pages and pages of pictures. I imagine you will get tons more links if you put in handquilted handquilting, hand quilting or any variation.

As so many posted there are many of us who hand quilt still. I do both hand and longarm. Here are some links to some of my hand quilting pictures posted here:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t107423.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...lt-t22341.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t127559.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ks-t22344.html

01-24-2012, 09:40 AM

#20

virtualbernie

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Location: Maryland

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Quote:

Originally Posted by earthwalker

I handquilt....when I started quilting I learned English Paper Piecing, then got interested in machine piecing and am slowly coming to grips with machine quilting. Nothing gives me more pleasure than handquilting and the feel of a handquilted quilt. I guess I am destined to have a foot in both camps

I really do enjoy the speed of using the machine (so many ideas/projects on my to do list) and one day would love to try long arm quilting (Charisma, Eddie and all the other long-arm artists who bring such life and beauty to the quilts entrusted to them astound me regularly) but I will always love handquilting.....for the peace and happiness it brings (kept alive on this board by many - especially "borntohandquilt" the lovely Andrea).

My feelings exactly!